Acre
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
A quantity of land containing one hundred and sixty square rods of laud, in whatever shape. Cro. Eliz. 47H, ('.•;.">; 6 Co. 67; Co. Litt. 5 b. The word formerly signified an open field; whence acre-fight, a contest in an open field. Jacob, Diet. The measure seems to have been variable used, it was applicable especially to meadowlauds; Cowell. Originally a strip In the fields that was ploughed in the Maitland, Domesday and Beyond